Semen Ziziphus jujuba (SZJ) has long been used in Chinese traditional medicine for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia because of its effect of decreasing monoaminergic system activity; saponins are thought to be the main bioactive ..

..14 microM IAA and 2.46 microM indolebutyric acid to induce rooting. This system of adventitious shoot production from leaf explants of adult plants could be useful for the genetic engineering and polyploidization of winter jujube...

..Normal estrus cycle and ovarian steroidogenisis were restored after withdrawal of treatment with CECR and EAZJ on average 27 and 32 days, respectively. Antifertility activities of crude extracts were found to be reversible...

..fructosus, L. fermentum and Streptococcus spp. Some of the strains of LAB could also potentially be used in a mixed-starter culture with yeasts and might contribute positively in the production of fermented masau fruit products...

This study was aimed to evaluate the preventive effect of the polyphenols from Chinese jujube peel (Ziziphus jujube Mill. cv. Dongzao) against myocardial injury (MI) induced by isoproterenol (ISO) and biotoxicity of aluminum in rats...

UHPLC-TOFMS coupled with chemometric method as a powerful technique for rapid exploring of differentiating components between two Ziziphus species

High-performance liquid chromatography--two wavelength detection of triterpenoid acids from the fruits of Ziziphus jujuba containing various cultivars in different regions and classification using chemometric analysis

..ceanothenic acid, betulinic acid, oleanolic acid, ursonic acid and zizyberenalic acid) in the dried fruit of Ziziphus jujuba (called Dazao) which has been widely used as one of the traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs)...

Comparison of the sedative and hypnotic effects of flavonoids, saponins, and polysaccharides extracted from Semen Ziziphus jujube

Semen Ziziphus jujube (SZJ), the seeds of Ziziphus jujuba Mill. var. spinosa, is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine used for its action on insomnia...

Activity-guided fractionation of the seeds of Ziziphus jujuba using a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitory assay

Bao Ning SuProgram for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USAPlanta Med 68:1125-8. 2002

Bioactivity-guided fractionation of petroleum ether- and EtOAc-soluble extracts of the seeds of Ziziphus jujuba using a cyclooxygenase-2 assay as a monitor indicated that the triglyceride, 1,3-di-O-[9(Z)-octadecenoyl]-2-O-[9(Z),12(Z)-..

Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujube Mill.) is important economically for its fruit and also bears attractive medical value. Its flower development concurs with the growth of current fruit bearing shoots (FBSs)...

..Thus, Zizyphusspina-christi leaves appears to be a safe alternative to lower blood glucose. The safe insulinotropic and subsequent hypoglycemic effects of Zizyphus spina-christi leaves may be due to a sulfonylurea-like activity...

..Carotenes were found to be in good agreement with other fruits, varying from 4.12 to 5.98 mg/100 g on a dry weight basis. The contribution to vitamin value reach a mdium of 38 microg RE/100 g on a fresh weight basis...

Jujuboside A (JuA) is a main component of jujubogenin extracted from the seed of Ziziphus jujuba Mill var spinosa (Bunge) Hu ex H F Chou (Ziziphus), which is widely used in Chinese traditional medicine for the treatment of insomnia and ..

..The recombinant allergen may therefore be of value for diagnosis and therapeutic purposes, and the further characterization of Indian jujube allergen may help to elucidate the mechanism underlying latex-fruit syndrome...

..19 microg/mL for stearic acid, respectively. The percent recoveries of palmitic and stearic acid are 97.4% and 96.6%. CGC is shown to be a quick and informative tool for the analysis of fatty oil in Semen Ziziphi Spinosae...

..There was also a significant correlation between the pest, predatory and neutral insects in different stratums of tree canopy, especially in the middle stratum of tree canopy (r = 0.9887, P <0.01)...

..2 m, and the degrees of spatial dependence being 90.09%, 87.96% and 85.72%, respectively. It is suggested that Erigonidium graminicola is the dominant natural enemy against Contarinia sp. population in the examined jujube orchard...

..Collectively, our findings suggest that combination of CHCl(3)-F and GTE produces an enhanced cell growth inhibition effect, and that the resultant G1 arrest was caused via a different mechanism as that of CHCl(3)-F treatment alone...

Mechanism of the anti-cancer activity of Zizyphus jujuba in HepG2 cells

..On the basis of these studies, it is suggested that monitoring studies should be extended to other fruits grown in different agro climatic regions which may serve as basis for future policy in chemical use...

The epicuticular waxes of leaves of four species (Aspidosperma pyrifolium, Capparis yco, Maytenus rigida and Ziziphus joazeiro) from the Caatinga, (a semi-arid ecosystem of Northeast Brazil) and four species (Aristolochia esperanzae, ..

..measured as (1) survival of transplanted seedlings in two contrasting habitats: patches of the dominant shrub (Ziziphus lotus), and open interspaces; and (2) reproductive output of plants naturally occurring in both habitats...

Development of an analytical method for the determination of betaines in higher plants by capillary electrophoresis at low pH

Investigation of the MeOH extract obtained from the root of the Ziziphus mauritiana grown in Thailand resulted in the isolation of two 14- and 13-membered cyclic alkaloids, mauritine L (1) and mauritine M (2), and three known cyclopeptide ..

Zizyphus enhances cell proliferation and neuroblast differentiation in the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus in middle-aged mice

In Koo HwangDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaJ Med Food 14:195-200. 2011

..In addition, doublecortin protein levels in the ZJE-treated groups tended to increase dose-dependently. These results suggest that the repeated supplement of ZJE may increase the hippocampal plasticity in middle-aged mice...

Evaluation of the antidiarrhoeal effects of Zizyphus spina-christi stem bark in rats

..01). Semen Ziziphi Spinosae possesses certain modulation effects on cytokines, and the immuno-regulating function and hypnosis effects of Semen Ziziphi Spinosae may be relevant to these modulation effects on cytokines...

..The community succession was temporally divided into four stages, i. e., in the periods of pre-budding, leaf expanding and blooming, fruiting, and maturing. The dominant species of pests and their natural enemies were demonstrated...

..It was suggested that biogas fermentation residue application could bring better economic and environmental benefits for Z. jujuba cultivation, and also, provide a new approach for no-pollution production of jujube...

Effect of four medicinal plants on amyloid-β induced neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y cells

..Furthermore, during ripening, the antioxidant activity may be more impacted by the flavanols and condensed tannins. The purified condensed tannins of jujube fruits may be used as natural antioxidant extracts. ..

Antitumor activity of jujuboside B and the underlying mechanism via induction of apoptosis and autophagy